"reframe" meaning in English

See reframe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: reframes [plural], re-frame [alternative]
Etymology: From re- + frame. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|frame}} re- + frame Head templates: {{en-noun}} reframe (plural reframes)
  1. An instance of reframing.
    Sense id: en-reframe-en-noun-O7mpUrsc

Verb

Forms: reframes [present, singular, third-person], reframing [participle, present], reframed [participle, past], reframed [past], re-frame [alternative]
Etymology: From re- + frame. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|frame}} re- + frame Head templates: {{en-verb}} reframe (third-person singular simple present reframes, present participle reframing, simple past and past participle reframed)
  1. (transitive) To mount in a frame again. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-reframe-en-verb-ao530Ukz
  2. (transitive) To redescribe, from a different perspective; to portray or construe anew, from a different analytic viewpoint or via a different metaphor; (sometimes euphemistically, merely) to relabel. Tags: transitive Synonyms: reconstrue
    Sense id: en-reframe-en-verb-axL0f~f8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 66 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 22 18 46 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 10 71 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 7 76 6
  3. (transitive) To change the angle and perspective of (video footage captured beforehand), as by a 360-degree camera. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-reframe-en-verb-ZH58uxoT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reframer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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